Codex Washingtonianus
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New Testament manuscript |
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Painted cover of the Codex Washingtonianus, depicting the evangelists Luke and Mark (7th century)
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| Name | Washingtonianus (Freer Gospel) |
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| Sign | W |
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | c. 300-500 |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt (purchased by Charles Lang Freer) |
| Now at | Freer Gallery of Art |
| Size | 187 leaves; 20.75 x 13.75 cm |
| Type | eclectic text-type |
| Category | III |
| Note | unique insertion following Mark 16:14 |
The Codex Washingtonianus or Codex Washingtonensis, designated by W or 032 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 014 (Soden), also called the Washington Manuscript of the Gospels, and The Freer Gospel, contains the four biblical gospels and was written in Greek on vellum in the 4th or 5th century. The manuscript is lacunose.
The codex is a book of 187 leaves of 20.5–21 cm by 13-14.5 cm with painted wooden covers, consisting of 26 quires (four to eight leaves).
The text is written in one column per page, 30 lines per page. There are numerous corrections made by the original scribe and a few corrections dating to the late 5th or 6th century. John 1:1-5:11 is a replacement of a presumably damaged folio, and dates to around the 7th century. It is missing Mark 15:13-38 and John 14:26-16:7. The ink is dark brown. The words are written continuously without separation. Accents are absent. The rough breathing is used very rarely.
Like in Codex Bezae the Gospels follow in Western order: Matthew, John, Luke, Mark.
The following nomina sacra are used in the Codex: ΘΣ, ΚΣ, ΧΡΣ, ΙΣ, ΠΝΑ, ΑΝΟΣ, ΠΗΡ, ΜΗΡ, ΥΣ, ΔΑΔ (ΔΔ once), ΙΗΛ (ΙΣΡΛ once).
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